Rhaconotus (Rhaconotus) arabicus Belokobylskij, 2001

Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2021, Review of the braconid parasitoid subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, European Journal of Taxonomy 765 (1), pp. 1-143 : 106-109

Rhaconotus (Rhaconotus) arabicus Belokobylskij, 2001

Figs 47–48

Rhaconotus arabicus Belokobylskij, 2001a: 463 .

Rhaconotus arabicus – Yu et al. 2016. — Edmardash et al. 2020: 43.

Material examined

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 1 ♀; “United Arab Emirates, Wadi Safad (5026), at light, 1–8.vii.2006, 25°1′ N, 56°1′ E, A.v. Harten, RMNH’06”; RMNH • 1 ♀; same label data as for preceding; ZISP • 2 ♀♀; “ United Arab Emirates, Wadi Safad (5020), at light, 14–21.v.2006, 25°1′ N, 56°1′ E, A.v. Harten, RMNH’06”; RMNH • 1 ♀; “ United Arab Emirates, Wadi Safad (5029), at light, 17–24.vi.2006, 25º1′ N, 56º1′ E, A.v. Harten, RNMH’06”; RMNH • 2 ♀♀; “ United Arab Emirates, Wadi Safad (5867–5902), at light, 31.i–21.ii.2006, 25º1′ N, 56º1′ E, A.v. Harten, RNMH’06”; RMNH • 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂; “ United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Desert park (2517), light trap, 20.x–8.xi.2005, 25º17′ N, 55º42′ E, A.v. Harten, RNMH’06”; RMNH • 1 ♂; same label data as for preceding; ZISP • 1 ♀; “ United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Desert Park (3692–3697), light tr., 11.xii.2005 – 18.i.2006, 25º17′ N, 55º42′ E, A.v. Harten, RNMH’06”; RMNH • 2 ♂♂; “ United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Desert Park (6491), light trap, 1–25.ii.2006, 25º17′ N, 55º42′ E, A.v. Harten, RNMH’06”; RMNH • 3 ♂♂; “ United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Desert Park (2049– 2074), light tr., 30.iv–31.v.2005, 25º17′ N, 55º42′ E, A.v. Harten, RNMH’05”; RMNH .

YEMEN • 1 ♀; “Yemen (6117), Al Kowd, 21–28.viii.2001, Light trap, A.v. Harten, S. Al Haruri, RMNH’02”; RMNH • 1 ♀; “Yemen (8136), Al Kowd, ix.2003, light trap, A.v. Harten, S. Al Haruri, RMNH’03”; RMNH • 1 ♂; “Yemen (4054), Al Kowd, viii.1999, light–trap, A.v. Harten & S. Al Haruri, RMNH’00”; RMNH • 1 ♂; “Yemen, Al Kowd, v–vi.2000, light tr., no 4719, A.v. Harten & S, Al Haruri, RMNH’01”; RMNH • 1 ♀, 7 ♂♂; “Yemen (no 3308), Lahj, viii.1998, Mal. trap, A.v. Harten & A. Sallam, RMNH’99”; RMNH • 2 ♂♂; same label data as for preceding; ZISP • 3 ♂♂; “Yemen (6022), Lahj, vii–ix.2001, Mal. trap, A.v. Harten & A. Sallam, RMNH’02”; RMNH .

Description

Male (first record)

Body length 1.6–3.1 mm; fore wing length 1.2–2.1 mm. Antenna with 18–27-segmented. Fore wing 4.3– 4.8 times longer than maximum width. Hind femur 2.5–2.8 times longer than maximum broad. Metasoma 1.1–1.2 times longer than head and mesosoma combined, with sixth hardly sclerotised and visible tergites. First metasomal tergite 1.3–1.5 times longer than posterior width. Median length of posterior area of second tergite 0.8–1.0 times median length of the remaining part of tergite. Median length of second tergite (with posterior area) 0.8–1.0 times its anterior width, 1.6–2.0 times length of third tergite. Sometimes third tergite with shallow and rather weak transverse distal furrow and fourth tergite almost without such furrow. Fifth tergite sometimes (in small specimens) almost smooth on posterior half and weakly reticulate-rugulose in anterior half; on posterior margin almost straight, 1.0–1.3 times as long as practically smooth to very finely reticulate sixth tergite, 1.1 times longer than fourth tergite. Otherwise similar to female.

Distribution

Saudi Arabia, * UAE, * Yemen.

Figures

Fig. 47. Rhaconotus (Rh.) arabicus Belokobylskij, 2001, ♀ (RMNH). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Head, front view. C. Head, dorsal view. D. Head, lateral view. E. Basal segments of antenna. F. Mesosoma, dorsal view. G. Mesosoma, lateral view. H. First to third metasomal tergites, dorsal view. I. Fourth and fifth metasomal tergites, dorsal view.

Fig. 48. Rhaconotus (Rh.) arabicus Belokobylskij, 2001, ♀ (RMNH). A. Fore wing. B. Hind wing. C. Metasoma, dorsal view. D. Metasoma, lateral view.